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Data Infrastructure for Low-Income Adults
Which workforce programs are most effectively channeling adults towards further education and higher earnings?
Where are low-income adults falling out of the educational pipeline?
What are the employment and earnings outcomes for various education and training paths?
Better Understanding
Better Programs
Better Outcomes
An effective state data system combines information from K-12, workforce development, and postsecondary education programs, including adult basic education and skills development programs systems, and tracks employment outcomes.
– WPFP Policy Brief, Fall 2009
Education & Training
Employment
Participant
Data Provider Data Elements
Employers◦ Unemployment
Insurance wage record system
Employment status Location of
employment Job type (employer
and occupation codes)
Employment tenure Earnings
Data Provider Data Elements
K-12 Postsecondary
◦ College or University
Schools attended Enrollment status Courses taken Degree(s)/
credential earned Grades
Traditional Focus
Data Provider Data Elements
Community College◦ Developmental education◦ Part-time enrollment
Career/Technical Adult Education
◦ Basic and Secondary◦ ESL
Other Skill Development◦ WIA Title 1◦ TANF training◦ Corrections
Program Attended Length of
Participation Enrollment status Courses taken Degree(s)/
credential earned Transitions
WPFP Preferred Focus
Data Provider Data Elements
Variable◦ Education providers
◦ Health and human service agencies
◦ Workforce agencies
◦ Corrections agencies
Sex Age Race/ethnicity Other
◦ Veteran
◦ Disability
◦ Public assistance
◦ Foster child
How to create a coherent picture?
K-12 College Career
K-11
GED
Low-wage job
Public Assistance
Career/ Technical
Higher- wage job
Community College
Source: Data Quality Campaign, 2009-2010 Survey
List of Advanced states (WPFP states in bold):
AK AR FLMN MO NCTX WA
Match K-12 & Postsecondary
Match Education & Workforce
Employm
ent Outco
mes
K-12
College/ University
Career
GEDLow-wage
job
Career/ Technical
Higher- wage job
Community College
Adult Education
ESL
WIA Title 1
SNAP-ET
TANF Training
Other Skill Development
Low-in
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e adults
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Leadership &
Coordination
Resources
Data Quality & Technical
Linkages
Legal Concerns
Cited by 18 states DOE grant rounds (3) – target education
systems and helped build foundation ARRA – greater flexibility DOL – Workforce Data Quality Initiative
State contribution?
States left out of earlier DOE rounds?
States should legislate authority for coordination and alignment of systems consistent with their
postsecondary education, workforce, and economic development goals…
Whatever the approach, the involvement of the governor’s office is
essential.
– National Commission onAdult Literacy Report, 2008
Cited by 18 states Common ID Systems incompatability/Data silos Common definitions and data fields Culture of “outputs” vs. “outcomes” Tracking ALL participants across ALL
educational & employment systems
Cited by 12 states Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) Other privacy/confidentiality issues State prohibitions/barriers
Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP)
Available?
Accessible?
Actionable?
Facilitate data systems development◦ Support applications for funding◦ Promote leadership & coordination◦ Help resolve legal issues & secure enabling
legislation◦ Assure that ALL parts are connected
Create demand & support for data systems◦ Build public & policymaker awareness◦ Participate in pilot efforts to use data tools
Use data systems to create better outcomes◦ Identify key questions◦ Analyze & follow-through on results
